pilot, best friends who also serve as NCAA
basketball officials from November to
March. Their shared love of mafia movies
led to a theme for the restaurant, with
tommy guns and silhouettes of suited men
lining their menus, signs and informing the
names of their dishes, like the Don pizza,
calzone and stromboli.
W
iseguys Pizzeria has opened
a new location in Oxford,
following the success of their
Alexandria restaurant.
The restaurant was founded only a few
years ago by a teacher and an airline
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The new restaurant is at 1781 Hamric Drive,
in the old Lamar’s Donuts building, with
a renovated interior that builds on the
Italian mobster theme. Big panel boards
hang on the walls with Resevoir Dogsstyle villains outlined against a green,
white and red background. Informative
plaques hang around the room, covering
aspects of organized crime, while overhead
televisions visible from every angle track
July 2016
INSIGHT